From: boards@sPAMynaptyx.co.uk   
      
   Alfie [UK] wrote:   
   > On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:24:35 +0100, synaptyx   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yay for Scottish SF/F Authors! (both of them!) I have The Steel Remains   
   >> sitting here, but haven't read his other stuff. Sounds like I'm in for a   
   >> treat.   
   >>   
   > LOL I can think of 4 Scottish SF authors straight off the top of my   
   > head;   
   >   
   > Iain Banks - love his Culture stuff   
   >   
   > Gary Gibson - new author, working on a 'space opera' series   
   >   
   > Ken Macleod - I find him too political sometimes   
   >   
   > Charles Stross - (although born in England, raised/lives in Edinburgh)   
   > - brilliant, haven't found a wrong book yet, although he's been a bit   
   > slow with the Merchant series   
   >   
   > ...and if you want some older Scottish SF authors;   
   >   
   > Arthur Conan Doyle   
   > J.T. McIntosh   
      
   You know, that ickle joke worked better in my head. :)   
      
   I love Stross, can be a bit wary of MacLeod's politicising, Iain M.   
   Bank's lives a few miles up the road from me (clever SF, but an acquired   
   taste) and I hadn't heard of Gary Gibson. I do so love a good space   
   opera, so I'll be looking him up.   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Aaron :)   
      
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